Bjorn Lomborg: Obama must drop global warming fantasies

1:33 PM,
Jun. 26, 2013

President Barack Obama wipes sweat off his face as he unveils his plan on climate change on Tuesday at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. President Obama laid out his plan to diminish carbon pollution and prepare the country for the impacts of climate change.

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Bjorn Lomborg

President Obama's new climate policies outlined Tuesday include both brilliant and useless ideas. The confusion stems from Obama's unwillingness to confront three climate fantasies:

» Renewables are a major part of the solution today. No, they are almost trivial. Today, the world gets 81 percent of its energy from fossil fuels - by 2035, in the most green scenario, we will still get 79 percent from fossil fuels. Wind and solar will increase from 0.8 percent to 3.2 percent -- impressive, but not what is going to matter.» Biofuels should play a major part of the solution. No. For now, biofuels ...